Just attack with Nightmare Shepherd, play Gray Merchant to drain eight life (seven from devotion one from Ayara's trigger), sacrifice it to the Ayara to make a copy with Nightmare Shepherd, and drain for eight again
For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Twinblade Paladin's first ability will trigger twice
Card Type: Effect Attribute: LIGHT Card Level: 4 Monster Type: Warrior ATK: 1700 DEF: 1200 Card Number: IOC-014 Card Text: Once per turn: You can banish 2 LIGHT monsters from your Graveyard to target 1 face-up monster on the field with higher ATK than this face-up card
You'll only be able to cast them this way during the declare blockers step on your turn when you could play an instant, and you'll still have to pay the sneak cost, including returning an unblocked attacking creature you control to its owner's hand
Both are all-time lows and the first discounts
The design is completely original because this is the first time WOTC has included the "shining" feature to its holographic cards
